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Originally Posted by mcinturff
Awesome advice all around, thanks to all who have replied so far.
I had a feeling that I would hear things like "you'd be lucky to be designing a cup holder". Had no idea that the industry was as cut-throat as it is. I like the idea of working for a small company, I'll look more into that. My ideal job would have enough diversity of work to keep it interesting. .
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I am a car guy and I thought I had gone to heaven when I got a job with GM back in the early 80s. I quickly found out there is very little glamour in automotive engineering. My claims to fame were designing a parking brake cable bracket for the front wheel drive Camaro and making a small improvement in the rear disc brake caliper for the Pontiac STE.
Got into aerospace and it was pretty much the same - 10% engineering and 90% BS.
I never worked as an engineer for a small company, but I think you're on the right track there.